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Peg Stapleton and Jonathan Williams couldn't get away from each other even if they tried.

The two Kellogg Community College professors, who also serve as faculty advisers for the Democratic and Republican campus organizations, share a lot -- including students, office walls and even their neighborhood. (They both live in Jackson, less than a mile apart.)

But you won't be hearing any shouting matches or heated political debates between them when you pass by the college's social science building. ...